The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are accurate and above all actable. The editions of English-language plays include a glossary of unusual words and phrases to aid understanding.
Moliere's comic masterpiece
Tartuffe is one of the most famous French plays of all time. This Drama Classics edition is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell, Professor of Literary Translation at the University of Exeter.
